Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, Costa Rica

This paper describes and analyzes the effort to institute river basin management in the Tárcoles basin of Costa Rica. Located in west-central Costa Rica, the Tárcoles basin represents 4.2 percent of the nation's total land area, but is home to half the nation's population and the metropoli...

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Main Authors:	Blomquist, William, Ballestero, Maureen, Bhat, Anjali, Kemper, Karin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADEQUATE WATER AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AQUEDUCTS AQUIFERS BASIN AREA BASIN COMMISSION BASIN PLANNING BASIN WATER BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT CENTRAL AMERICAN CHANNELS CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CONFLUENCE CONSERVATION CONSERVE WATER CONTAMINANTS CONTAMINATION CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER CUT OFF DAIRY FARMING DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRY SEASON ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FARMERS FERTILIZERS FISHING FLOODING FLOODING PROBLEMS FORESTRY GRAVEL GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER QUALITY GROUNDWATER USE HEAVY METALS HYDROELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIAL USE INDUSTRIAL WASTE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER INDUSTRIAL WATER INDUSTRIAL WATER USE INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION JURISDICTION LAND USE LATIN AMERICAN MANAGING WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL WATER LAW NATIONAL WATER PLAN NATIONAL WATER POLICY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PERMITS POTABLE WATER PROGRAMS PROTECTED AREAS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY WATER RECHARGE RESERVOIRS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN LEVEL RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVER FLOW RIVERS SAND SEPTIC SYSTEMS SEPTIC TANKS SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWERAGE SYSTEMS SOIL EROSION SOILS SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SPRINGS STORMWATER STREAM STREAM CHANNELS STREAMS SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATERS SUSPENDED SOLIDS WASTE DISCHARGES WASTEWATER WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CHARGES WATER DEMAND WATER FLOWS WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLICIES WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER PROVIDERS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER SCARCITY WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES WATER USE SECTORS WATER USES WATERSHED WELLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5800558/institutional-policy-analysis-river-basin-management-tarcoles-river-basin-costa-rica http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8232

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5800558/institutional-policy-analysis-river-basin-management-tarcoles-river-basin-costa-rica
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8232

Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, Costa Rica

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